Big Ten teams, which had knocked off nonleague foes at a record rate, turned on each other. No. 1 Michigan State and No. 4 Illinois were the big victims

He was behind on points after 13 rounds, and when WBC world welterweight champ Carlos Palomino swung into his celebrated fast finish, it turned out to be too little and too late to stop the foxy...

The tour opened in a new place at a new time, but John Mahaffey, who held off a charge by Lee Trevino, picked up where he left off

The fastest draw in hockey belongs to New York's Mike Bossy, who already has 35 goals

Often plagued by clunker games, the Super Bowl offers a super showdown as the favored Pittsburgh Steelers play Dallas in XIII

Will it be curtains for Dallas? Or will it be Doomsday for Pittsburgh? Dan Jenkins answers all questions when he reports on the hostilities as the Cowboys seek their second straight Super Bowl...

Cowboys Charlie Waters and Cliff Harris can't quite forget Steeler Lynn Swann, not after what he did to them in Super Bowl X

The dramatic deal in which Pete Rose moved from the Cincinnati Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies is still sending ripples through baseball, from the hot stove to the bank vault. The transaction...

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that this magazine might well not come out every week were it not for Ann Callahan.

Now that Sly Williams is showing up for every game, Rhody is hardly little

EAST

LAWRENCE BUTLER: Idaho State's guard had 72 points (he's averaging 28), sealed a 78-77 win over Colorado State with a late shot and steal, and did in Boise State 81-78 by scoring 15 of the...

Renaldo Nehemiah keeps bettering his indoor hurdling world record, but what he really hungers for is the outdoor mark, which he figures to shatter this summer

Young John McEnroe outlasted Arthur Ashe to win the Masters after Jimmy Connors retired with a blistered toe

Lloyd Free, Philly's gift to San Diego, is the most spectacular show in town

Ron Guidry, the Cajun with the shotgun left arm, mowed down American League hitters last season. Now he's back home by the bayou, trying to be just another Guidry

4—Evelyn Floret-Black Star12, 13—Rich Clarkson14, 15—Heinz Kluetmeier38—Tony Triolo43—Lane Stewart48—George Tiedemann52—Manny Millan56—Mike Maple60, 61—Shelly Katz-Black Star62—James Drake66,...

KAREN STEVENSONWASHINGTON, D.C.Stevenson, a senior at North Carolina who has been named a Rhodes scholar, holds nine school track records for women, most notably the 60-yard hurdles (8.3),...

PRO BASKETBALL—The week featured an unusual number of outstanding individual performances. San Antonio's George Gervin, the NBA's top scorer with a 29.5-point average, poured in 52 points in a...

NO. 1Sir:Your article on Alabama's victory in the Sugar Bowl (The Rising of the Tide, Jan. 8) was great, and the cover picture was one of the best ever taken. But the final UPI ratings—USC No. 1,...

SPLIT DECISION

•Jack Lambert, Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker, on Craig Morton: "I kind of like Craig Morton. I think he's an overachiever. The reason I like him, though, is because he can't run out of the pocket."